The PSOE renews a third of its provincial leadership | Spain

The RENOVE OPERATION that Pedro Sánchez put a goal to rearm the PSOE and put him ready for the 2026 and 2027 electoral cycle Calling the 41st Federal Congress at the end of last year in Seville He has led to the relay of a third of the provincial and island general secretaries throughout Spain. The Socialists are taking advantage of the 2025 electoral pause to, after closing the autonomic processes with seven new territorial leaders, completing the update of the third level of their ranks. The changes affect 15 of the 50 directions of the party in the constituencies of the communities formed by more than one province. A format that in the cases of the Balearic Islands is repeated on each island and that will not be completed until the pending processes in Galicia and Aragon are held in May and June. The PSC has already gone through a similar remodeling last year before the Catalan elections.

Most replacements They have occurred without primary schools, with the presentation of consensus candidates. Only two have emerged from the polls in the groups. In five provinces (Valencia, León, Cádiz, Segovia and Jaén) and the island of La Palma, sparks have jumped and militancy has come to vote to the houses of the town, although all the provincial secretaries who have had to go to primaries have been revalidated. Andalusia, the federation with more affiliates (40,000) and whose contest is vital to retain the Moncloa, is where the transformation has been deeper, with four provincial premiere leaders. The succession in January of Juan Espadas by María Jesús Montero in the General Secretariat, have followed the changes, immediately after the Autonomous Congress, in Jaén, Granada, Málaga and Almería. That is, half of his provincial heads.

Montero urged to solve the organic processes as soon as possible to re -get the « competitive gene » of the Andalusian PSOE and revive it with a « permanent campaign » until the president of the Board, Juan Manuel Moreno, calls the elections as late in June 2026. The number two of the Government and the PSOE exerted its influence and managed to produce a rapid and orderly transition, without primary. In Malaga with the commitment to a heavyweight like Josele Aguilar; In Granada, where Pedro Fernández, delegate of the Government in Andalusia and Mayor of Baza between 2007 and 2021 replaced Pepe Tranna, general secretary during the last eight years; and in Almería with José María Martín, current subdelegate of the government.

The primary ones were inevitable, already a dog’s face, in Jaén and Cádiz. The succession of Paco Reyes, president of the Jienense Diputación and general secretary since 2010, is one of the main organic battles that the Socialists have fought due to the relevance that Jaén always plays as a stability factor in the Andalusian PSOE. Juan Latorre, mayor of Arjona (5,400 inhabitants) Since 2014 and 38 years old – it is the youngest provincial secretary in Spain – it was imposed with a 54.6% support for Ferriz Ángeles, which Montero has maintained as an attached spokesman in the Andalusian Parliament after being the spokeswoman with swords. In Cádiz, the national deputy Juan Carlos Ruiz Boix retained the position for the minimum after beating with 1,823 votes, 51.15% of those cast and 82 votes of difference about the mayor of Rota, Javier Ruiz Arana. « Concluded this process of primary and renewal, the PSOE of Andalusia comes out more reinforced, » said its secretary of Organization, Paco Rodríguez.

The most tight victory of the primary has been that of Carlos Fernández Bielsa, General Secretary in the Province of Valencia since 2022 and Mayor of Mislata since 2011. The PSPV-PSOE Ethics Commission officially proclaimed him winner for 21 votes in the organic process, in which more than 6,800 militants (74% of the census) participated, against the riba-roja councilman, Robert Raga, of the rope of Minister Diana Morant (science and universities) General Secretary in the Valencian Community. The review of the minutes left a result more adjusted to the initial by 33 ballots. The pulse was so fierce that the repetition of votes in three groups was raised, an option that was finally discarded. In Alicante, Rubén Alfaro happened to Alejandro Soler, national deputy and member of the Federal Directorate since December, without primary schools.

In Castilla y León, Javier Cendón, who entered in December in the federal direction of the PSOE, revalidated the title of Provincial Secretary of León since 2017 bending Diego Moreno (1,492 ballots for 747). Another national deputy, José Luis Aceves, won the primaries in Segovia with 57.14% of the votes to the candidate Borja Lavandera with a 71.53% participation. The only novelty in the most extensive autonomy Federation is that of Carlos Montesino in Ávila: the mayor of Candeleda (5,000 inhabitants), a few months greater than that of Arjona, is the new provincial general secretary after the withdrawal of Senator Jesús Caro, to the helm for the last eight years, two days before the vote in urn. Montesino thanked him for his « generosity » and « responsibility. »

In the Canary Islands, Borja Perdomo (1985), spokesman in the Cabildo, was elected in Primary Secretary General in La Palma with a support of 63.3%. The candidacy of Sergio Matos, former deputy in Congress and former mayor of Santa Cruz de la Palma, obtained 36.1% of the votes. The regional deputy Tamara Raya became the first woman to be a general secretary of the PSOE of Tenerife. He did it without an alternative candidacy.

Balearic Islands is another of the federations that have rejuvenated the most. Amanda Fernández Rubí is the new general secretary of the PSOE of Mallorca, which places her as the number two After Francina Armengol. The president of Congress has trusted her to recover the government of the Consell de Mallorca. In Menorca, Susana Mora resigned to continue leading the PSIB-PSOE after two mandates. Pepe Mercadal, a 40 -year -old deputy in Congress, has replaced him to be the only candidate. Ibiza was already renewed last year.

Extremadura has completed its restructuring, started a year ago with the choice of Miguel Ángel Gallardo after the decision not to appear again by Guillermo Fernández Vara « Referent in new primaries in January, » with two changes in its two provinces. Álvaro Sánchez Cotrina, mayor of Salorino (550 inhabitants) since 2011, was the only candidate in Cáceres, as well as that of Manolo Borrego, mayor of Valverde de Leganés (4,200 inhabitants) since 2019, in Badajoz.

The PSE-EE Federation in the Basque Country has also been removed. Javier Hurtado, Minister of Tourism, will lead the socialists of Álava after the resignation of Cristina González. Hurtado had the support of the leader of the Basque Socialists, Eneko Andueza, and Ferraz. On the other end of Spain, in Ceuta, a unit candidacy was achieved after a year of Manager and Miguel Ángel Pérez was appointed Secretary General.

In the absence of what happens in Galicia, where the provinces of Lugo and Ourense will go to primaries, the main struggle that is pending of the territorial puzzle of the PSOE is Zaragoza. Juan Antonio Sánchez Quero, president of the Diputación and current secretary of the province with more Militants in Aragon (almost 5,000, well above 1,400 of Huesca and 1,100 of Teruel) values ​​presenting himself to re -election. Its continuity would be interpreted in any case as another demonstration of integration in the new stage led by Pilar Alegría, That in January Javier Lambán happened at the controls of a federation that has gone from being a Discola to align with Ferraz. Zaragoza’s congress will be in June. Meanwhile, there has already been a change in Teruel: Mayte Pérez declined to appear to a third mandate. Quite linked to Lambán, with whom she was the Minister of the Presidency and spokesman in the Courts of Aragon, Pérez took possession of her seat as a senator by regional designation instead of Lambán. Rafael Guide, mayor of Andorra (7,250 inhabitants) since 2023 and provincial deputy, is the new head of the PSOE in Teruel.

The Federation of Castilla-La Mancha is the only one of the communities with more than one province where all provincial secretaries are maintained. It is no accident: the five belong to the hard core of Emiliano García-Page. Álvaro Gutiérrez is a delegate of the Board and Mayor of Escalona (Toledo), Josele Caballero (Ciudad Real) is second vice president of the Board, Santiago Cabañero (Albacete) is president of the Diputación, Pablo Bellido (Guadalajara) is president of the Cortes de Castilla-La Mancha and Luis Carlos Sahuquillo (Cuenca) is a national deputy.